help!!!! left shoulder, elbow, wrist and muscle pain

I starting to experience left wrist pain 2 days ago. Now, I am having pains in left shoulder, elbow and muscle. My doctor is on vacation and the nurse adviced to go in to see the on-call doctor is the pain became unbearable.

Anyone has experiences similar problem? What would you do to reduce the pain?

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Do you have a repetitive motion job? I know that my left arm/shoulder hurt like crazy after a day of typing or writing a lot to grade papers (I am left handed though too). Not sure if that's the kind of pain you're experiencing or not, but it might be worth it to see what the doc says anyway.

I'm pretty sure I have a pinched nerve in my back that causes excruciating pain down my left arm, elbow and all the way to my middle and ring finger. At times I feel like my arm is on fire from the inside out!! It's usually at night that it's the worst. I get woken up with the pain that makes me want to slam my arm in the door it hurts so bad. I've tried massages (2) and although they help, it just doesn't last long enough. It's starting to get worse and be somewhat bothersome during the day (including my arm just being weak).

It's to the point where I will be calling the doctor on Monday. The problem is that I think for them to really diagnose it they have to do an MRI or something that I am not able to get at this time. I pretty much have to sleep reclined, if I lay on either side it makes it worse. I have found that an ice pack help a little (unfortunately, just enough to take the edge off at night sometimes).

My DF had shoulder pain that was a residual pain radiating up from his elbow. His was job related though.

I'm pretty sure I have undiagnosed carpal tunnel. I have terrible wrist pain / finger numbness at times and it radiates up my arm into my elbow and shoulder as well. I'm on a computer a lot. I have noticed that its gotten worse recently, so maybe it does have to do with water retention- like it's putting pressure on the nerves?

I don't know if this helps at all! Sorry! But you definitely aren't the only one with this kind of pain.

I was under the impression that extensive carpal tunnel can develop into tennis elbow, causing the radiating pain to move from the wrist and hand up through to the shoulder. You could also have a small aberration on your middle finger nerve - sounds weird, but I've had two friends with the same issue later in life. One had an aberration, the other a tiny tumor (noncancerous) - caused the exact same pain you seem to be describing, both taken care of very quickly with minor surgery to the fingertip.

Had to go into hospital because the pain has spreaded to my lower back. Blood test shown bacteria infection, and the doctor prescribed 'Clamovid 625' - I couldn't find drug info online. Just wondering if any of you have had this antibotic before?